title: Growing hyperbranched polymers using natural sunlight.
abstract: In nature, a sapling can grow into a big tree under irradiation of sunlight. In chemistry, a similar concept that a small molecule only exposing to sunlight grows into a hyperbranched macromolecule has not been realized by now. The achievement of the concept will be fascinating and valuable for polymer synthesis wherein sunlight is inexpensive, abundant, renewable, and nonpolluting. Herein, we report a new strategy in which small monomers can directly grow into big hyperbranched macromolecule under irradiation of sunlight without any catalyst.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jun-Jie
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jiao-Tong
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ye-Zi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: De-Cheng
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chun-Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hong